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2021

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Research, Marine Life, Genetics
Research jointly led by HKUST and HKBU Unlock Biogeographical Secrets of Deep-sea Limpets
Researchers from The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) and Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) have decoded for the first time the demographic history, genetic structure, and population connectivity of a deep-sea limpet widely distributed in vent and seep ecosystems in the No
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Biomedical Science, Genetics, Life Science, Biomedical Engineering
HKUST-Beijing Tiantan Hospital Researchers Discover a New Cause for the Cerebral Cavernous Malformation
HKUST researchers have uncovered a new gene mutation responsible for a brain vascular disorder which inflicted about 10~30 million people in the world.
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Genetics, Biology
Humanizing Yeast ORC Sheds Light on Cancer Therapy and Human Development
Researchers from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKSUST) and the University of Hong Kong (HKU) recently demonstrated that the selectivity determinant of Origin Recognition Complex (ORC) for DNA binding lies in a 19-amino acid insertion helix in the Orc4 subunit, which is prese